htaccess for vB 4.1.9 and 4.1.10 vs. the vBSEO default

Hi,

once more the good old htaccess topic ;-). The default vBSEO htaccess is still looking like this as there has never been an update, right?

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

vBulletin changed quite a lot of things in the last two gold versions, their default htaccess is now looking like this:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/

# If you are having problems with the rewrite from content/ to content.php, uncomment this line to turn MultiViews off.
# Options -MultiViews

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]

# Check MVC result
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [R=404,L]

So my questions is what is the right htaccess for the latest vB versions that are running vBSEO? It's quite obvious that the vBSEO file needs to be updated, right? Personally I figure issues since I updated to 4.1.9 and 4.1.10 and vB tells me it's the htaccess of vBSEO I am using (mine is slightly modified as I use MaxCDN).

Can you now take a look into this and provide an updated htaccess that's working fine with the latest vB versions and vBSEO please?

Thanks a lot mates!

With vBSEO you will always need to use vBSEO .htaccess

Thanks for the quick reply Mert, mich appreciated, especially on a Sunday.

Sure, I understand what you say, and of course I didn't want to remove it ;-).

I just wonder if vBSEO can assure that their old version is still valid and works flawless or if it needs to be updated to work well with the latest vB versions, you know?

vB have changed so much especially since 4.1.8 and vBSEO didn't provide a single update for more than a year and there is no sign of a new version. So I assume a slight insecurity by a customer and to ask if it's still valid shouldn't be a big deal, is it ?

Did you guys ever take a look at this, is the the old standard vSBEO htaccess still valid for e.g. vB 4.1.10?

No answer to a valid question ?

If there are any changes required , we will officially announce it Christian. No changes are required at all.

Thanks for the clarification Mert .